【正文】 . He t ol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twenty peopl e had alr eady l eft. I knew t hat m y t ur n had e. 39。 2. To my sur pr ise, he ga ve me t he money imm edi atel y. 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。s gar den is mor e i nt erest i ng. He has made neat pat hs and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it l e pr i ze f or t he wor st gar den i n t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。I have never borr owed any m oney fr om you,39。Mr. Har mswort h,39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ibl e t o be gr own up!39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 I sai d. 39。ve sol d out,39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 39。 lesson18 H e of t en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had l unch at a vi l age inn, I looked for my bag. I had l eft i t on a chair beside t he door and now i t wasn39。t got m y bag.39。I t may have begun al ready, 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew li nes, but I di d not underst and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. M y hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr iends. On the l ast day I m ade a bi g decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi r ty seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n m y r oom , but I di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et ter fr om m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr ali a. He has been ther e for si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor ki ng f or a big f ir m and he has al ready vi si t ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Austr ali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own i n t he cent r e of Aust r ali a. He wi l soon vi si t Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l fl y t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f i ndi ng t hi s tr ip ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi l es f r om Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a tel ephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pi geon car ri ed t he f ir st m esage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi r d cover ed t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot has sent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spare part s and other urgent m esages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . I n this way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But tons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay for m y di nner !39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he sm il ed and tol d m e I woul d r ecei ve an ext r a amp。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal see hi s boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye t o hi m. He wil l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im port ant r ace acr oss t he At l anti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent , they are vi si ti ng al part s of t he count ry. They wil l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ai n and m ost of t he young people i n t he t own wi l be m eeti ng t hem at he stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng t hey wil l be si nging at t he Wor kers39。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nst rum ent. I t is cal ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). I t was m ade in Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly f or a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr a ndf at her m any year s ago. Recentl y i t was damaged by a vi si t or. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to t ouch i t. I t is bei ng r epai red by a fr iend of m y f at her39。The Ni cest Gar den Competi i on39。 Susan **廢渣處理廠搬遷技改項目 可行性研究報告 （工程編號：） **省 ***有限公司 二 O 一一年十 二 月 編制大英縣廢渣處理廠搬遷技改項目 可行性研究報告 m e, 39。I hur ri ed to t he ti cket off ice. 39。Im ver y sor ry, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。t inter rupt, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sail f r om Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal l meet him at t he har bour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wil l be i n hi s sm al boat , Topsail . Tapsail i s a f amous l it tl e boat . It has sail ed acr oss t he At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The c lock has st opped!39。巴頓斯 I have just m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n ret ur n f or t his, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a pi ec